Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 17:09:55 +1200 (NZST) From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@logisticsoftware.co.nz> To: Langa Kentane <evablunted@earthling.net> Cc: FreeBSD <Freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: NVI Recover Prog Messages Message-ID: <Pine.SC5.4.10.9909161705190.20531-100000@kiwi.logisticsoftware.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <000101beffa5$a4d12810$1ba8ef9b@impakt>
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On Wed, 15 Sep 1999, Langa Kentane wrote:
> I installed my FreeBSD 3.2-R yesterday and have since got about 25 of these
> messages about some files being saved for recovery. I tried to changed my
> shell yesterday but had problems with VI and am still preparing to learn how
> to edit in vi. I could not exit vi so I stopped the process and went and
> killed it about 5 min later.
When you kill vi, it will save a session that you can recover (some
of the time). The editor will email you about it.
And the way to quit vi is to hit:
<ESC> : q
Jonathan Chen
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